Wayside InnvsL'Auberge Carmel
Both hotels are recommended by experts. Overall, L'Auberge Carmel is the choice of most reviewers compared to Wayside Inn. L'Auberge Carmel ranks #5 in Central California Coast with positive reviews from 5 publications including Hideaway Report, Forbes Travel Guide and Travel + Leisure.
Wayside Inn
 Oyster
7th & Mission Street, Carmel, CA 93921
From $209/night
- Free Internet
 - Free Breakfast
 - Concierge
 - Free Parking
 - Multilingual
 - Kitchenette
 
Mid-Range
 "The 22-room Wayside Inn is a motel-style building with a parking lot in the front that slightly cheapens its facade." Full review
L'Auberge Carmel
 Travel + Leisure
 Forbes Travel Guide
 Oyster
 Gayot
 Hideaway Report
Monte Verde Street at Seventh Avenue, Carmel, CA 93920
From $314/night
- Bar/Lounge
 - Free Internet
 - Room Service
 - Free Breakfast
 - Laundry Service
 - Concierge
 
 "The whitewashed interiors of this 1929 luxury hotel channel a Greek Island hideaway, despite the hotel’s location in California’s Carmel-by-the-Sea, a posh, oceanfront town along the Pacific." Full review
 Recommended
 "The striking white stucco of L’Auberge Carmel has a pedigree dating back to 1929." Full review
Upscale
 "Coming to a charming place like Carmel usually calls for a quaint inn experience, and the luxurious L'Auberge Carmel -- housed in a white stucco building dating to 1929 -- does not disappoint." Full review
 "A quaint luxury inn dedicated to good food and wine." 
92.0
 "Gourmet retreat surrounding a tranquil tiled courtyard, just a few blocks from Ocean Avenue and the beach." Full review